It is named after Nanchang and Duchang County, and is spoken in those areas as well as in Xinjian, Anyi, Yongxiu, De'an, Xingzi, Hukou, and bordering regions in Jiangxi and in Pingjiang County, Hunan.

[2] In each cell below, the first line indicates IPA transcription, the second indicates pinyin.

The finals of the Nanchang dialect are:[3] Like other Chinese varieties, tones in Gan make phonemic distinctions.

In the traditional classification, these are considered separately: The 6th and 7th tones are the same as the 4th and 5th tones, except that the syllable ends in a stop consonant, /t/ or /k/.

A poem of Meng Haoran (“Men Hau-len” in Gan):